How old is Vitalik Buterin?

You'll be asked to sign into your Forbes account. This article is more than 2 years old. Vitalik Buterin, who spearheaded the launch of the Ethereum blockchain in 2015, has become the world’s youngest crypto billionaire at age 27.

Is Vitalik Buterin the world's youngest crypto-billionaire?

Everything was fine, I guess,” the guy evades the question. This is a fragment from a 2017 interview with 27-year-old Vitalik Buterin, one of the founders of Ethereum, the world’s second most popular cryptocurrency and blockchain system. In the video, he was 23. Just four years later, Forbes named him the world’s youngest crypto-billionaire.

How did Vitalik raise money?

Vitalik crowdfunded the money for the launch: People sent one Bitcoin in exchange for 2,000 Ethers, as the Ethereum currency came to be known. As a result, Buterin raised 30,000 BTC, or $18.5 million at the 2013 exchange rate.

When did Vitalik Buterin launch Ethereum?

Vitalik Buterin launched Ethereum six years ago. The value of its ether cryptocurrency has surged more than 300% since January 2021.